Carriage-dash frame



G. M. PETERS. (larriage-Dash'frame.

No. 228,474. Patented June 8,1880.

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UNITED STATES V PATENT OrrrcE.

GEORGE M. PETERS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CARRIAGE-DASH FR AM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,474, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed March 3, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE M. PETERs, of the city of Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improve,

novel construction of the two side rails and upper bar or rail of the frame, and the third consists in the construction of the bearingpieces so as to be quickly and easily attached to the remainder of the frame. These portions of my invention, while preferably used together, can be used separately. Each is very useful and advantageous in contributing to the easy, economical, and expeditious manufacture of this class of dashes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1. represents a frame illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 shows a mode of connecting a separable foot and a dash provided with said bearing. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are modifications of the third portion of my invention.

NVhen the frameis constructed according to the first part of my invention the rail B, side rails, O G, bearings D, and lower rail, A, are all constructed of one piece, either cast or forged. When the frame is constructed according to the second portion of my invention the upper rail, B, and side rails, G (J, are made of a single piece of metal bent or forged into shape, after which the side rails are welded to the bearings. These latter have been previously forged or cast with rail A out of a single piece of metal duly united thereto; or if at present they are separate from rail A they are now to be welded thereto.

The bearings D are preferably placed at the extreme sides of the dash, and, where they are not extended so as to form together one wide bearing, are preferably placed so that the lower cross-rail, A, is connected to them at their upper inner corners, as shown in Fig. 1.

Where the bearings are made separate from the rails O O or rail A, or both, the part of the bearing to be attached to the said rail is provided with a stub. Such stubs are shown in Fig. 1 between the bearing and the dotted lines which cross the rails, and also are represented in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 of modifications. I have ascertained by experiment that the rails are much more easily welded to the stub than directly to the flat wide bar or hearing.

It is scarcely necessary to say that the bearings are to be perforated for the reception of bolt, screw, orrivet to connect the dash directly to the vehicle or to a dash-foot. This perforation may be of any desired shape and size-- 6. g., only large enough to receive the bolt, or slotted to permit adjustment of the bolt laterally or vertically, as desired.

WVhat I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A footless dash-frame whose top and two side rails are of one piece, bent to shape and welded to a bearing-piece, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A footless dash-frame whose -top and two side rails are of one piece, bent to shape, each side rail being welded to stubs 0, connected to bearing-plate D at its upper outer corner, and whose lower rail is made with or welded to the said plate, and is connected to the inner corner of its respective plate, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. As a new article in the manufacture of dashes, the separate bearing-plate D, provided with stubs O and A, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. The separate bearing-plate D, provided with stubs G and A, the former located at the outer upper corner of said plate and the latter located at the inner upper corner of said plate.

GEORGE M. PETERS.

Attest:

D. P. KENNEDY, OHARLEs SOEAMMEL. 

